different between laff vs larf

English

Noun

laff (plural laffs)

1. (chiefly humorous) Alternative spelling of laugh

Verb

laff (third-person singular simple present laffs, present participle laffing, simple past and past participle laffed)

1. (chiefly humorous) Alternative spelling of laugh

German

Etymology

From German Low German [Term?], in which it is either inherited from Middle Low German [Term?] (seemingly not attested), or borrowed from Middle Dutch laf (early 15th century). Compare modern Dutch laf (“cowardly”). Cognate with German labberig (“slack; not crisp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laf/

Adjective

laff (comparative laffer, superlative am laffsten)

1. (regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) lethargic; weak; slack
2. (regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) tasteless

Declension

Synonyms

• (lethargic): schlapp
• (tasteless): fad

Related terms

• labberig
• labern

English

Verb

larf (third-person singular simple present larfs, present participle larfin', simple past and past participle larfed)

1. (chiefly Cockney) Pronunciation spelling of laugh. [19th century to the present]
   • 1901, Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career, chapter 31

     The neighbours described me as "a sorrowful lookin' delicate creetur', that couldn't larf to save her life" […]

Noun

larf (plural larfs)

1. (chiefly Cockney) Pronunciation spelling of laugh. [20th century to the present]

References

• “larf” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd edition; 1989]

Anagrams

• farl

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?rf/
• Hyphenation: larf
• Rhymes: -?rf

Noun

larf f (plural larven, diminutive larfje n)

1. Alternative form of larve.